The room around here was eerily silent in the room even though in the distance she could hear the usual nocturnal sounds of Berehaven, the small town right on the front face of a mountain, surrounded by hills and valleys. It was nice here compared to her usual surroundings of New York, the place which held too many memories for Alex. When she got offered the job as a history teacher at the local highschool she couldn't refuse. She would have done anything to get away from New York. Berehaven was the usual small mountain town enough locals to be called a town but when winter hit, people with more money than sense flooded the town for the famous ski slopes. She didn't bother to socialise much, only the occasional lunch with the other faculty from work. The women with nothing better to do than gossip about who's getting with the hot PE teacher this week. When asked if she was single, with the reply of yes the other women attempted to set her up with Jack, a 30 something year old English teacher who apparently loved "romantic books" but couldn't utter a word without losing the run of himself. He was friendly but she would never be attracted to him like that.
Alex hadn't dated at all since Brax, she couldn't trust anyone after him. She couldn't even be in the same room with a man until recently nevermind date one! And even with protest her coworkers set up a date for them with it ending in an awkward hug goodbye.
It wasn't until she met the man who at first terrified her that she realised that not all men are monsters, some are just judged and misunderstood. It wasn't until she met Nick that she finally felt safe after two years of living in the dark, alone and terrified. Only now she would have to trust a man that used darkness to his advantage.